Directed by
Mati Diop
Produced by
Judith Lou Lévy
Eve Robin
Written by
Mati Diop
Olivier Demangel
Featuring
Mama Sané
Amadou Mbow
Ibrahima Traoré
Nicole Sougou
Amina Kane
Sponsored by

2019 | Wolof | France/Senegal/Belgium
• Special Jury Mention for Acting Performance for Mama Sane
Along the shores of Dakar, Senegal, Ada (Mama Sané), soon to be forced into an arranged marriage with a wealthy man, falls in love with construction worker Souleiman (Ibrahima Traoré). Looking for a better future and incapable of seeing a life with Ada, Souleiman boards a small vessel with his co-workers and attempts the perilous sail to Spain, where he soon disappears and is presumed dead. In her Cannes Grand Prix-winning debut feature, French-Senegalese actress and filmmaker Mati Diop translates the collective drama of sea departures into a dazzlingly beautiful ghost story of unfulfilled love and lives lost in the search for a better future.
• Selected as Senegal’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film Oscar®